5. Preparing for a duel – 06

“Now I feel relieved.”

After leaving Altina alone at the gymnasium dedicated to Class A, Jin straightened his back and looked at the sky. Somehow, if the air feels clearer and fresher today, is it because of a simple mood?

Last night, I felt like my head was going to spin from the pressure of having to teach Altina, but I felt like I was going to blow up because I was able to handle it in this way.

– The method of removing the leech-like Altina von Rudel Serias was quite plausible, but you are well aware that it is only a temporary measure, right?

“Well, not really.”

In fact, Jin also doesn’t expect that Altina will always believe in that floating bullshit.

I don’t know, but within a week, I’ll realize that I’ve been tricked, and I’ll run to Jin and grab him by the collar.

– Then during that period, we should prepare the things we have to do.

“Preparations? What are you preparing for?”

– Tsk, have you already forgotten? Why did Altina von Rudel Serias cling to you to the point of abandoning her pride and everything in the first place?

“Yeah… Wasn’t it to point out you and win, Erekaya, in the duel evaluation that will be held soon?”

– Yes, the important point here is that dueling evaluation is literally a kind of evaluation. On a larger level, it is also part of the class curriculum. So now you understand what I’m talking about?

“… no, not at all. Not even one.”

What on earth does the dueling evaluation have to do with being a class and the ‘preparation’ that Erekaya is talking about?

‘There’s no way I’ll get tired of the gore that’s eating lunch.’

Of course, if they faced Erekaya or Altina, they would be beaten to dust instead of winning, but on the contrary, anyone other than those two would have been confident that they would beat the opponent.

But what preparation? It would be much more productive to go back to the dormitory and sleep at that time.

– Because it’s like this… Have you forgotten how you were able to enter Nineveh?

“ah.”

Only then did Jin understand what Erekaya was trying to say.

“Come to think of it, I had to learn the ‘dragon dance’ from you.”

Jin’s current external status is the hidden descendant of the swordsman among the seven heroes.

However, even though he is a hidden descendant of the swordsman, if he fails to use the Dragon Dance, the unique fighting technique of the Duke of Pendragon, there is no choice but to be suspicious of him.

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Moreover, if the duel evaluation is a ‘class’, doesn’t it mean that Erekaya, who is nominally in the same class as Jin, also participates in that class?

Then, whether you like it or not, it must mean that Erekaya has no choice but to watch Jin duel with someone else.

The last time I caught an ogre, everything was over in a split second, so even so, if Jin didn’t use the ‘Dragon Dance’ even during the duel process, where he had to expose everything, Erekaya would naturally look at Jin with suspicion. You will see.

No, claiming to be a disciple of the Sword Saint and entering here, you can’t use a sword? And you can’t even use the dragon dance? In fact, everything that bastard said was a lie, wasn’t it? Where can I start again with the background check and try to find out the truth?

In the end, he wanted to decline the ending of becoming an outsider and being dragged to the bottom of the empire’s dungeon, so in the end, it was as if Jin had no choice.

– First of all, it would be better to move to a quiet place with no people. It’s just that I hate being crowded around me when I’m teaching you.

“It’s a quiet place with no people… Where the hell is that place?”

– The site of Nineveh is wide and vast, so if you go around, can’t you find a place like that? Shut your mouth and hurry up and walk diligently. Given your talent, you wouldn’t be able to learn all of the dragon dance even if you studied it for ten years instead of a month, so there’s no time to waste in a place like this.

“Yeah, yeah.”

Just as Jin was about to move forward grunting like that, a voice urgently calling him rang out from behind.

“Earthquake!”

Where the hell did someone call him so urgently? No matter how hard I try, I don’t think I’ll ever find a friend who would call me that way.

“Ha, you’ve been looking for a long time! When I went to the hospital, the nurse said you were already discharged!”

It was none other than Claire, who came running so urgently that her face turned bright red and she was breathing heavily.

“You, didn’t you still have about three days left before you were discharged? But why are you wandering around outside?”

“Because everything is fine. And it doesn’t hurt at all. I’m fine.”

In fact, trying to lie still in the hospital room only made me sick, so I just went through the discharge process. There’s no way anything wrong will happen if you’re discharged three days early anyway.

“But you can’t leave the hospital already! Then, what if you get hurt!”

“… Do you know what kind of millet I am made of?”

Why is he making such a fuss? Do you still feel guilty about what happened then? If that’s the case, then I don’t have any feelings anymore.

“Well, thank you anyway. It’s been a while since I’ve been so worried about someone else.”

“Long time no see? why? Normally, your parents must have been very worried about you.”

Claire brings up the story of other people’s parents very naturally, like flowing water.

… But why is he talking about other people’s parents so naturally? Should I consider this as a kind of pad lip?

– You seem to have a very twisted mind. The girl was just asking out of pure curiosity. Do you know that you mention other people’s parents only when everyone else is swearing like you?

‘hehehe.’

Yeah, let’s be honest. I don’t really like a good person like Claire, who seems to be painted.

Why? It’s because whenever I see such a good person, I get a strange feeling that my dirty and vicious mind is getting more and more highlighted. It’s like looking at my ugliness through a mirror!

Rather, I feel more comfortable talking to someone with a dirty personality and something twisted like the Erekaya in my head.

What? Was I actually a guy with a bit of a mental problem? Wasn’t I a normal person?

– Actually, it wasn’t just a little bit, but the head was completely delicious. Aside from that, meeting that woman at this moment in time is indeed a good thing.

‘Good news? why?’

– Just tell that girl what I tell her to do. If you do this well, you might be able to catch two pheasants with one stone.

hehehe, Erekaya gave a sly laugh. Jin was slightly curious about Erekaya’s plan, but decided to follow her instructions.

“No, what. It’s been so long since I last saw my parents. That being said, there is something I want to ask you.”

“What do you want to ask? What?”

“Do you know of any deserted and quiet places around here? Actually, I need a place to practice.”

“A quiet place with few people?”

Claire tilted her head at Jin’s words, then clapped her palms as if remembering something.

“Ah, then how about the magic practice room where I usually train? There are few people there, not many people visit, and no matter what happens, people around you won’t bother you… .”

“Then can you guide me there?”

But after saying that, Claire suddenly blushed and wrapped her collar tightly. It was like a sister-in-law of a foster family who doesn’t know men. No, now that I think about it again, it seems that he was also a member of the adoptive family…

“Hey, don’t you think it’s strange? To guide me to a place where no one else is… Come on, don’t be afraid to do something strange to me… ”

“…..”

suddenly realized. The fact that I am a pitiful bastard who never got the slightest bit of credit from anyone else.

****

Erekaya del Pendragon prefers the night time to the day.

The reasons were indeed diverse.

Erekaya’s innately sensitive senses accepted too much information regardless of her will, so there was a reason why a dark night rather than a bright day made her more comfortable, and Erekaya preferred starlight rather than sunlight. There were also personal reasons for doing so.

Crucially, she was Nineveh’s student body president. A being in a position to command and dominate all the students of Nineveh.

The number of things she has to deal with in a day is simply uncountable. No matter how efficiently she sorts out her work and handles it efficiently, her time is always short.

That’s why she doesn’t practice swords during the day. He doesn’t go to the gymnasium dedicated to class A.

In fact, Altina von Rudel Serias, a mysterious woman always resides in the gymnasium dedicated to Class A, so there are personal reasons for not wanting to step into it-

Thanks to this, her preferred place of training is none other than a training ground for wizards.

Since wizards don’t have much stamina, they all go back to the dormitory late at night, and this practice room will be empty, which means that she will be able to occupy this spacious practice room alone.

Two years ago, Erekaya reached the level of a master by overcoming the wall that was blocking her, but she never neglects personal training.

No, rather, in the past two years since reaching the level of Master, she has never skipped training for personal reasons. He just spends his days sharpening and polishing his sword diligently in order to rise to a higher level.

That’s how Erekaya finished all of her duties as the student council president for today and moved to the magic practice range to practice swordsmanship.

After walking for a long time in the student council room, she finally arrived at the magic practice room.

And unlike usual, the practice room door was open.

“…..”

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Maybe someone forgot to lock the door when leaving the range?

No, it can’t be. The door of the magic practice room is enchanted, and it is set to automatically lock the door if no one is inside.

That means, Son, there are still people left inside the range.

“ha.”

It is difficult. Erekaya is not a person who prefers to mix with others.

In addition to that, she was able to occupy this large space alone, but it was not very pleasant for her that there were uninvited guests in this place today.

However, skipping the swordsmanship training that he had been doing every day for the past two years was a little difficult.

OK, let’s just wait for today. Anyway, isn’t today the first time someone has stayed so late at night?

Even if others are a little uncomfortable, let’s train with a smile on your face with the mask you normally wear on your face-

Thinking so, Erekaya quietly stepped inside the practice range.

“… ah.”

I saw it.

It wasn’t the magician who was in the training ground. It was a man with a sword.

And that man was a man Erekaya knew. No, he was a man who could not be explained simply by saying that he knew. Because it was the man who had been filling her head lately.

‘jin.’

Why is that man even here? What the hell are you doing with that sword over there?

Swoop-

And, as if to resolve Erekaya’s doubts, Jin’s sword slowly rises. The moonlight reflects on the sword Jin is holding, and it shines.

“I-that’s-”

The next moment, Jin’s sword starts moving. The trail of the sword as if it were dancing.

The sword Jin was wielding did not contain any power. If someone who doesn’t know anything sees it, they’ll think I’m the first person to wield a sword.

However, seeing the trajectory of the sword he wielded, Erekaya unknowingly opened her eyes.

“How?”

It’s nonsense. No one else knows, but I thought it would be impossible for that man to unfold that thing in his hands.

But at the same time it was true.

The sword dance he is wielding, and the sword spirit contained in it… It was the kind of thing she couldn’t possibly know if she didn’t know.

“… Dragon Dance.”

Yes. At this very moment, at Jin’s fingertips, the ‘dragon dance’ that only members of the Pendragon family could perform was unfolding.